Christie's lansează un fond de risc destinat investițiilor în Web3 și blockchain

Christie’s, the auction house known for its sales of art and luxury items, has launched an investment fund to support emerging companies with technology enabling “seamless consumption of art.”

Într-un anunț de luni, compania de licitații a spus the fund, Christie’s Ventures, will financially support firms in Web3, “art-related financial products and solutions,” and technology related to art and luxury goods. According to Christie’s, its first investment will be in LayerZero Labs, a company developing solutions for permițând aplicații descentralizate omnichain, permițând un transfer mai perfect al activelor între blockchain-uri.

“We will focus on products and services, which can solve real business challenges, improve client experiences and expand growth opportunities, both across the art market directly and for interactions with it,” said Christie’s Ventures global head Devang Thakkar.

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Trecerea către investițiile legate de blockchain a reprezentat un alt pas pentru Christie's pentru a sprijini întreprinderile în spațiul cripto. În 2021, compania hosted an auction for a piece of nonfungible artwork from Mike Winkelmann, also known as Beeple, raising more than $69 million. Since then, it has held several high-profile sales for NFT artwork and partnered with the OpenSea online marketplace for on-chain auctions.

2022 se preconizează a fi un an record pentru finanțarea de risc legată de blockchain. După cum a raportat Cointelegraph, firmele concentrate pe blockchain și cripto a strâns 14.8 miliarde de dolari in the first quarter of the year, nearly half of 2021’s totals. Although activity has waned due to the bear market, startup-uri cu accent pe Web3 și Metaverse continuă să atragă capital semnificativ.